German Navy 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron, not only has six Battlecruiser, but also four Light Cruiser and six destroyers. Such strength is already very good. With the strength of German Navy and Battlecruiser, as long as they don't encounter the main force of British Navy, there will be almost no danger.
What's more, 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron also includes three 'Derfflinger class' Battlecruiser. The performance of this class of Battlecruiser has long been tested in actual combat. Its 50 times caliber 380mm Main Gun has extremely powerful armor-piercing capabilities. British Navy Any Capital Ships currently in service cannot withstand it.
On 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron's flagship 'Derfflinger' number Battleship, Vice Admiral Spee looked serious. Although, this mission was not a difficult one at all for the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron he led. However, attacking the port and shipyard of a big city would inevitably cause many innocent casualties, which made him feel guilty. As a German Empire noble, doing this still made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"I did this all for the German Empire and for the Empire to win the war. In addition, this is also the fault of the Britain people! They are obviously already in this war and have no chance of winning. But they still persist. They are unwilling to surrender and want to continue the war. That's why we have to take this approach. All this is caused by the Britain people. If they want to blame it, they should blame their government!" Vice Admiral Spee thought in his heart. After thinking about this, he felt a little better.
People are often like this. As long as they find a reason, they will no longer be afraid of the condemnation of conscience.
German Navy 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron, headed straight for Edinburgh. At this moment, Britain people know nothing about this at all. The main force of Royal Navy Grand Fleet is huddled in Scapa Flow. Except for a small number of light warships for reconnaissance, the rest of the warships are hiding in the port and do not dare to go out to fight. They all seemed to realize that if they went to sea to fight German Navy, they would definitely lose.
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and the largest city in the north of Britain. Here, it is not only the political and economic center of Britain North, but also the industrial center. The chemical industry and shipyards are very developed. The large shipyard here even has the ability to build Battleship. However, for safety reasons, British Navy generally places the construction of Battleship in southern shipyards. The south is undoubtedly better defended than the north.
On the evening of the 20th, all the workers in the Edinburgh port area got off work. Major shipyards continue to work overtime. Of course, what they built was not a warship, but a merchant ship. Under the attack of Germany's submarine and Commerce Raiding Fleet, British merchant ships suffered very heavy losses. In order to restore Britain's maritime transport capacity, they had to build a large number of merchant ships. This situation changed only after the blockade of German Navy was completely completed and in order to save resources to build warships. Major shipyards can no longer get new orders for commercial ships. They only need to finish production of existing orders. Of course, this also means that many shipyard workers will lose their jobs.
However, now the entire Britain, due to the blockade of German Navy, their industrial products cannot be shipped out at all. Therefore, many factories have stopped production. Except for factories related to the military industry, many other workers have become unemployed. These people live entirely on government relief. Of course, British Army also took the opportunity to attract a large number of young and middle-aged men to join the army. The problem of insufficient soldiers was greatly solved. When they don't have enough to eat, many people are naturally willing to join the army they looked down on before.
"Damn it, this war has been going on for more than half a year. When will it end! I don't want to live such a hard life anymore." A worker from a shipyard received bread after get off work and cursed as he walked home.
Now Britain, prices are skyrocketing, and Pounds Sterling is no longer worth anything. Workers' wages are paid directly in bread. Of course, workers are also happy to accept such wages in kind. Food on the market has begun to be in short supply, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.
"Okay, Jack, stop complaining. We still have jobs after all, and our family can live on because of it. It's much better than those beggars starving to death on the streets." said an older worker.
Indeed, the economy in Britain is very bad now. After many workers lose their jobs, they have no way to find another job, which makes many people become beggars. When everyone has no extra food, naturally no kind people will give them alms. This causes many Britain cities to starve to death every day. In big cities like Edinburgh, more than a hundred people starve to death every day.
Jack couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. Indeed, although their life is a little bitter, they are still not starving to death. Compared with the corpses that are transported out by corpse trucks every morning, they are luckier.
"May God bless British Empire and win this damn war as soon as possible!" Jack couldn't help but pray.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, an earth-shattering explosion sounded. Jack and others could not help but be stunned.
Afterwards, dense explosions continued to sound.
"It's coming from the direction of the port." Jack couldn't help but change his face,
"Quick, let's go see what's going on."
They came to a high point with a view of the harbor and witnessed a disaster taking place.
On the sea, several huge warships like hills were firing at Edinburgh. Huge cannonballs exploded in the port, with flames clashing and smoke rising into the sky.
The buildings in the port were destroyed one after another. Countless people are fleeing for their lives.
"God! Our shipyard was hit."
"Damn Germany people, our shipyard is just a shipyard that produces civilian commercial ships, don't they let it go?" Jack cursed.
If the shipyard is destroyed, it means they will immediately lose their jobs. Their lives will immediately become unstable, and they may even follow in the footsteps of beggars who starve to death.
People who worked in the shipyard like Jack all turned pale.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Explosions kept coming, German military's warships were firing fiercely, and Edinburgh's port was turning into ruins at a speed visible to the naked eye.